A Passage to India by E. M. Forster ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

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12/16/22

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A Passage to India by E. M. Forster audiobook.

Genre: drama

E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India (1924) is widely acclaimed as one of the hundred best literary works of 20th century. Time magazine rates it among the top 100 English-language novels of all time.

A Passage to India is set at the moment when the lasting supremacy of the British Raj could no longer be taken for granted. Imperial power had been effectively supported by old and deep-seated religious and cultural conflicts between India’s Hindu and Muslim populations, which divided and sapped the local powers ultimately needed to overthrew imperial rule in 1947. Forster illustrates how this rift begins to be overshadowed by the increasing resistance of all Indians to the extreme racism, oppression and socio-political mismanagement of British rule.

The work is perhaps best known for his brilliant development of the relationships between his characters, which are fraught by a wide range of precarious cultural, social, political and economic dualisms: e.g., Occident / Orient; imperialist / colonial; men / women. He carries the idea expressed in his famous words “only connect” (from Howards End) to its limits, examining the difficulties – often the inherent impossibility – of “connection” across racial, sexual, religious and social divides.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:07:00) Chapter 02

(00:42:03) Chapter 03

(01:09:20) Chapter 04

(01:17:15) Chapter 05

(01:52:51) Chapter 06

(02:15:03) Chapter 07

(03:05:25) Chapter 08

(03:55:54) Chapter 09

(04:30:45) Chapter 10

(04:35:04) Chapter 11

(04:55:03) Chapter 12

(05:04:39) Chapter 13

(05:21:44) Chapter 14

(06:15:21) Chapter 15

(06:24:20) Chapter 16

(06:47:46) Chapter 17

(06:57:59) Chapter 18

(07:13:06) Chapter 19

(07:34:07) Chapter 20

(08:07:47) Chapter 21

(08:11:03) Chapter 22

(08:44:42) Chapter 23

(08:54:18) Chapter 24

(09:46:01) Chapter 25

(10:03:51) Chapter 26

(10:32:35) Chapter 27

(10:46:57) Chapter 28

(10:53:57) Chapter 29

(11:15:36) Chapter 30

(11:29:00) Chapter 31

(11:54:45) Chapter 32

(11:58:09) Chapter 33

(12:19:56) Chapter 34

(12:32:14) Chapter 35

(12:51:50) Chapter 36

(13:25:44) Chapter 37

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Villette by Charlotte Bronte ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

December 16, 2022

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1464m

Villette by Charlotte Bronte audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Villette, Charlotte Bronte follows Lucy Snowe, a quiet, keenly observant young Englishwoman who, after personal loss and dwindling prospects, leaves home to build a life on her own in the foreign city of Villette. She finds work at a girls' school run by the formidable Madame Beck, where every corridor seems to conceal a secret and every kindness carries a calculation. Far from the comforts of familiarity, Lucy must navigate a new language, a rigid social order, and the pressures of a Catholic culture that both fascinates and unsettles her Protestant conscience. As she becomes entangled with the school's charismatic circles, Lucy forms an unexpected bond with the eccentric, sharp-tongued Professor Paul Emanuel, while also confronting the alluring presence of the handsome Dr. John and the romantic longings stirred by those around her. Yet Lucy's greatest struggle is inward: to claim independence without surrendering her dignity, and to speak her own truth in a world determined to define her. Wry, intense, and psychologically precise, Villette is a story of loneliness, resilience, and the perilous cost of love.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:56) Chapter 02

(00:38:13) Chapter 03

(01:02:55) Chapter 04

(01:23:14) Chapter 05

(01:47:36) Chapter 06

(02:01:23) Chapter 07

(02:19:13) Chapter 08

(02:35:06) Chapter 09

(03:01:55) Chapter 10

(03:28:54) Chapter 11

(03:46:39) Chapter 12

(04:05:15) Chapter 13

(04:19:24) Chapter 14

(04:41:24) Chapter 15

(05:02:07) Chapter 16

(05:18:11) Chapter 17

(05:35:21) Chapter 18

(05:50:24) Chapter 19

(06:08:41) Chapter 20

(06:31:34) Chapter 21

(06:59:54) Chapter 22

(07:22:46) Chapter 23

(07:34:52) Chapter 24

(07:55:44) Chapter 25

(08:13:36) Chapter 26

(08:30:44) Chapter 27

(08:57:43) Chapter 28

(09:25:42) Chapter 29

(09:46:24) Chapter 30

(10:00:40) Chapter 31

(10:20:29) Chapter 32

(10:37:41) Chapter 33

(11:00:32) Chapter 34

(11:22:51) Chapter 35

(11:43:56) Chapter 36

(12:10:38) Chapter 37

(12:39:20) Chapter 38

(13:00:05) Chapter 39

(13:18:48) Chapter 40

(13:37:33) Chapter 41

(13:56:43) Chapter 42

(14:13:20) Chapter 43

(14:33:47) Chapter 44

(14:55:13) Chapter 45

(15:15:38) Chapter 46

(15:37:44) Chapter 47

(16:00:21) Chapter 48

(16:13:04) Chapter 49

(16:33:28) Chapter 50

(16:53:27) Chapter 51

(17:10:00) Chapter 52

(17:25:17) Chapter 53

(17:39:01) Chapter 54

(17:50:25) Chapter 55

(18:06:15) Chapter 56

(18:28:17) Chapter 57

(18:50:48) Chapter 58

(19:04:23) Chapter 59

(19:25:05) Chapter 60

(19:39:53) Chapter 61

(19:59:55) Chapter 62

(20:20:15) Chapter 63

(20:41:52) Chapter 64

(21:01:58) Chapter 65

(21:22:21) Chapter 66

(21:42:51) Chapter 67

(22:05:40) Chapter 68

(22:32:56) Chapter 69

(22:48:44) Chapter 70

(23:04:33) Chapter 71

(23:21:40) Chapter 72

(23:41:46) Chapter 73

(24:00:08) Chapter 74

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Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

December 16, 2022

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292m

Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster audiobook.

Genre: drama

In this sharply observed early novel by E. M. Forster, a well-meaning English family tries to manage a scandal that has carried one of their own far beyond the safe boundaries of Edwardian respectability. After the spirited young widow Lilia Herriton marries an Italian much younger than herself, the Herritons are determined to contain the embarrassment and restore control, sending emissaries abroad to retrieve her and repair the family's reputation. But in the sunlit Tuscan town of Monteriano, their assumptions about class, propriety, and morality begin to buckle against a culture they do not understand - and against Lilia's own hunger for life. As misunderstandings multiply, Forster contrasts English restraint with Italian immediacy, revealing how pride and condescension can masquerade as duty. Caught between loyalty and conscience, the visitors must decide whether they are rescuing a vulnerable woman or protecting themselves from the discomfort of change. Witty, unsettling, and deeply humane, Where Angels Fear to Tread explores love, hypocrisy, and the cost of imposing certainty on other people's lives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:24) Chapter 02

(00:57:52) Chapter 03

(01:22:47) Chapter 04

(01:44:18) Chapter 05

(02:22:43) Chapter 06

(03:13:28) Chapter 07

(03:39:36) Chapter 08

(04:14:01) Chapter 09

(04:27:27) Chapter 10